Nihoa
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thumb|upright=1.4|Map showing the location of Nīhoa in the Hawaiian island chain Nīhoa, also written Nihoa and also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island. Nīhoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately northwest of the island of Kauaʻi. The island has two peaks, Miller's Peak in the west, and Tanager Peak in the east. Nīhoa's area is about and is surrounded by a
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Nīhoa
- Islands.image_name
- Nihoa aerial.jpg
- Islands.image_alt
- Aerial view of Nīhoa
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.69
- Islands.map
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.location
- Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
- Islands.archipelago
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- Islands.country
- United States
- Islands.population
- 0
- NRHP.name
- Nīhoa Island Archeological District
- NRHP.nrhp_type
- hd
- NRHP.nocat
- yes
- NRHP.image
- Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, USA-2012.jpg
- NRHP.caption
- View of Nīhoa Island
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- USA Hawaiian Islands
- NRHP.nearest_city
- Kauaʻi, Hawaii
- NRHP.added
- June 13, 1988
- NRHP.refnum
- 88000640
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- 0
- Area
- 0.7
- Image
- Nihoa aerial.jpg
- Width
- 1.1
- Length
- 1.6
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11 sectionsContents
- Geology and geography
- Ecology
- Important Bird Area
- Ancient history
- Early exploration
- Tanager expedition
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.4|Map showing the location of Nīhoa in the Hawaiian island chain Nīhoa, also written Nihoa and also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island. Nīhoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately northwest of the island of Kauaʻi. The island has two peaks, Miller's Peak in the west, and Tanager Peak in the east. Nīhoa's area is about and is surrounded by a coral reef. Its jagged outline gives the island its name, from Hawaiian "toothed, serrated".
The island is home to 25 species of plants and several animals, making it the most diverse island in the entire NWHI. Endemic birds like the Nīhoa finch and Nīhoa millerbird, and endemic plants like Pritchardia remota and Schiedea verticillata are found only on Nīhoa. Amaranthus brownii was considered the rarest plant on Nīhoa and has not been directly observed on the island since 1983, and is now considered to be extinct. The plant communities and rocky outcrops provide nesting and perching areas for 18 species of seabirds, such as red-footed boobies and brown noddies, terns, shearwaters, and petrels. Prehistoric evidence indicates Native Hawaiians lived on or visited the island around AD 1000, but over time the location of Nīhoa was mostly forgotten, with only an oral legend preserving its name. Captain James Colnett rediscovered the island in 1788, and Queen Kaʻahumanu visited it in 1822. It was made part of the Kingdom of Hawaii by King Kamehameha IV.
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